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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background:#ffff99">Zeppelin loop</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Zeppelin_Loop.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Zeppelin_Loop.JPG/220px-Zeppelin_Loop.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Zeppelin_Loop.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="432" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Names</th><td class="infobox-data">Zeppelin loop, Rosendahl loop</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_loop_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of loop knots">Loop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_bend" title="Zeppelin bend">Zeppelin bend</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>zeppelin eye knot</b>, is a secure, jam resistant fixed size <a href="/wiki/Category:Loop_knots" title="Category:Loop knots">loop knot</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_bend" title="Zeppelin bend">zeppelin bend</a>. It is one of the few eye knots suitable for <a href="/wiki/Bungee_cord" title="Bungee cord">bungee</a>. It is also special in its ease of untying. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zeppelin_Loop_Tying.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Zeppelin_Loop_Tying.png/220px-Zeppelin_Loop_Tying.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="536" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Zeppelin_Loop_Tying.png/330px-Zeppelin_Loop_Tying.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Zeppelin_Loop_Tying.png/440px-Zeppelin_Loop_Tying.png 2x" data-file-width="774" data-file-height="1886" /></a><figcaption>Tying the Zeppelin loop</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tying">Tying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeppelin_loop&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Tying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Virtually all bends (i.e. end-to-end joining knots) have a corresponding 'eye knot'. For example, the Sheet bend (ABoK #1431) has a corresponding eye knot which is none other than the common (#1010) Bowline. The Zeppelin bend is formed from 2 superposed loops of opposite <a href="/wiki/Chirality" title="Chirality">chirality</a>. </p><p>There are two versions of the zeppelin eye knot depending on how it is tied. </p> <ul><li>The first version where the end seems to be vertical to the main part, and one of the loop sides seems to be the continuation of the main part, while the other loop side seems to continue as the working end out of the loop knot. This version is tied using the clover method, starting with an <a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">overhand knot</a>, then letting the working end pass in the following order through</li></ul> <ol><li>first the eye of the clover (<a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">overhand knot</a>) on the main part side along with the main part (thus forming the loop)</li> <li>then the loop itself opposite the direction of the main part</li> <li>and last the other eye of the clover knot in the opposite direction of the exiting working end (loop side)</li></ol> <ul><li>The other version where the end seems to be the continuation of the main part, and both ends of the loop seems to be vertical to the main part. This version is tied using the clover method, starting with an underhand knot, then letting the working end pass in the following order through <ol><li>- the same eye to form a simple <a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">noose</a> thus forming the loop</li> <li>- around the edge of the underhand knot, and through the loop of the <a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">noose</a></li> <li>- around and through the knot along with the main part ( thus passing simultaneously through all 3 of the original underhand knot, the noose and the last round of itself).</li></ol></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ZB1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tying a jamming false Zeppelin loop using the noose method: One starts with an underhand knot"><img alt="Tying a jamming false Zeppelin loop using the noose method: One starts with an underhand knot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/ZB1.JPG/120px-ZB1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/ZB1.JPG/180px-ZB1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/ZB1.JPG/240px-ZB1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="584" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tying a jamming false Zeppelin loop using the noose method: One starts with an underhand knot</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ZB2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The working end is brought back in through the same eye to form a simple noose thus forming the loop"><img alt="The working end is brought back in through the same eye to form a simple noose thus forming the loop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ZB2.JPG/120px-ZB2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ZB2.JPG/180px-ZB2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ZB2.JPG/240px-ZB2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="403" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The working end is brought back in through the same eye to form a simple <a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">noose</a> thus forming the loop</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ZB3.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The working end is led around the edge of the underhand knot, and through the loop of the noose"><img alt="The working end is led around the edge of the underhand knot, and through the loop of the noose" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/ZB3.JPG/120px-ZB3.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/ZB3.JPG/180px-ZB3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/ZB3.JPG/240px-ZB3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="409" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The working end is led around the edge of the underhand knot, and through the loop of the <a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">noose</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ZB4.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The working end is led around the knot to reenter and cross it alongside the main part ( thus passing through all 3 loops of underhand knot, noose and its own)."><img alt="The working end is led around the knot to reenter and cross it alongside the main part ( thus passing through all 3 loops of underhand knot, noose and its own)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/ZB4.JPG/120px-ZB4.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/ZB4.JPG/180px-ZB4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/ZB4.JPG/240px-ZB4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="483" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The working end is led around the knot to reenter and cross it alongside the main part ( thus passing through all 3 loops of underhand knot, <a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">noose</a> and its own).</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeppelin_loop&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Double bowline">Double bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dropper_loop" title="Dropper loop">Dropper loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eskimo_bowline" title="Eskimo bowline">Eskimo bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiador_knot" title="Fiador knot">Fiador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fireman%27s_chair_knot" title="Fireman&#39;s chair knot">Fireman's chair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_knot_loop" title="Friendship knot loop">Friendship knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halter_hitch" title="Halter hitch">Halter hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handcuff_knot" title="Handcuff knot">Handcuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_knot" title="Honda knot">Honda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jury_mast_knot" title="Jury mast knot">Jury mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_bowline" title="Portuguese bowline">Portuguese bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigid_double_splayed_loop_in_the_bight" title="Rigid 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title="Western Union splice">Western Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stopper_knot" title="Stopper knot">Stopper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashley%27s_stopper_knot" title="Ashley&#39;s stopper knot">Ashley's stopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button_knot" title="Button knot">Button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_overhand_knot" title="Double overhand knot">Double overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_knot" title="Figure-eight knot">Figure-eight knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey%27s_fist" title="Monkey&#39;s fist">Monkey's fist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevedore_knot" title="Stevedore knot">Stevedore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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